Kłodnica,_Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Kłodnica, Kędzierzyn-Koźle
District of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland
For other places with the same name, see Kłodnica.
Kłodnica [kwɔdˈnit͡sa] is a district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Opole Voivodeship, Poland,[2] located in the western part of the city.
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Kłodnica | |
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District of Kędzierzyn-Koźle | |
Coordinates: 50°20′50″N 18°10′10″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Opole |
County/City | Kędzierzyn-Koźle |
Within city limits | 1975 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 47-206[1] |
Vehicle registration | OK |
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The name of the district is of Polish origin and comes from the word kłoda, which means "log".[3]
During the Third Silesian Uprising, on May 10, 1921, Polish insurgents captured Kłodnica from the Germans.[4]
During World War II, the Germans operated the E800 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner of war camp for Allied POWs in Kłodnica.[5]
Kłodnica was included within the city limits of Kędzierzyn-Koźle as its district in 1975.[6]
- "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. pp. 128–129.
- "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2023.